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A lot of the stuff that Derstine asks the witnesses to answer are heresay. Why is he allowed to ask the opinions of the witnesses. I am Canadian but have seen court cases from the U.S. where stuff like that would have been objected to and not allowed by the Judge.

Yesterday Derstine asked a witness if there were a lot of rural fields (or something like this) in the Woodstock area. This should have been objected to--why does her opinion of the landscape of Woodstock matter. She is not an expert and is not on the stand to offer this type of information.

There was another question earlier that he asked that had me thinking "this should be objected to"--can't remember right now but will keep thinking. Oh yeah, when he created a senario of what happened (of course omitting parts that may make his client look REALLY BAD) and had TLM agree or disagree to it.

Can anyone offer any explanation/reasons that you know of that Derstine is allowed this type of questioning--"heresay type".

He is allowed to ask these types of questions because it is not considered hearsay. Hearsay is considered evidence that is offered by a witness for which they do not have direct knowledge of but, rather, their testimony is based on what others have said to them.

Derstine asked her if there are a lot of rural areas in Woodstock. She answered the question and it was her own opinion, not the opinion of someone else, therefore it doesn't fall under the rule of hearsay.

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